Skorzeny was one of the most daring figures of the 20th Century. His exploits included the rescue of Mussolini from his mountain prison a brief affair with Eva Peron a blackmail attempt on Winston Churchill & the kidnapping of the son of the wartime dictator of Hungary. Eisenhower declared him The most wanted man in Europe." Charles Whiting who actually met Skorzeny pieces together this truly remarkable story.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter" Fluently hits the high points: Mussolinis mountaintop rescue intrigues with the Gehlen organization & OSS & CIA postwar affair with Eva Peron." World War II Magazine January/ February 2011" ...

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective powerful magician master of dirty tricks & burglary (in the name of the greater good of course). Oh yeah. & dead. Then there's his sidekick Stephanie. She's...well she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case evil had better watch out... So you won't keep anything from me again?" He put his hand to his chest. " Cross my heart & hope to die." " Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart " she said. "I know." " And technically you've already died." "I know that too." " Just so we're clear." Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies & leaves her his estate Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key Stephanie finds help from an unusual source
- the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured if the torturer is determined enough. & if there's anything Skulduggery hates it's torture... Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie & Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it."
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Get ready for the biggest NEW publishing phenomena of 2007! So you wont keep anything from me again?" He put his hand to his chest. " Cross my heart & hope to die." " Okay then. Though you dont actually have a heart " she said. "I know." " And technically youve already died." "I know that too." " Just so were clear." Stephanies uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies & leaves her his estate Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror it certainly wasnt fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key Stephanie finds help from an unusual source
- the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose its lucky for Skulduggery that hes already dead. Though hes about to discover that being a skeleton doesnt stop you from being tortured if the torturer is determined enough. & if theres anything Skulduggery hates its torture... Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie & Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One things for sure: evil wont know whats hit it."
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Together for the first time in a bumper paperback edition books 1 & 2 in the dead famous bestselling series. It's one book...and twice the awesome. Book 1: Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes & dead. Book 2: Vengeous. Dusk. Sanguine. Three of the deadliest killers alive are in town to resurrect an unstoppable creature of horrifying power...and only Skulduggery & Valkyrie stand in their way. ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes. & dead. Skulduggery Pleasant is gone sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. If his bones haven't already been turned to dust chances are he's insane driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods. There is no official Sanctuary-approved rescue mission. There is no official plan to save him. But Valkyrie's never had much time for plans. The problem is even if she can get Skulduggery back there might not be much left for him to return to. There's a gang of villains bent on destroying the Sanctuary there are some very powerful people who want Valkyrie dead & as if all that wasn't enough it looks very likely that a sorcerer named Darquesse is going to kill the world & everyone on it. Skulduggery is gone. All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world's weight is on her shoulders & its fate is in her hands. These are dark days indeed. ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes. & dead. The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer & that's a Good Thing. There's just one catch. There's a reason the Necromancers don't need her any more
- because they've found their Death Bringer already the person who will dissolve the doors between life & death. & that's a very very Bad Thing...
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The seventh instalment in the biggest funniest most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe
- & the follow-up
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The seventh instalment in the biggest funniest most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe... Magic is a disease. Across the land normal people are suddenly developing wild & unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic they are unwittingly endangering their own lives & the lives of the people around them. Terrified & confused their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever. & then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who along with her normal teenage friends becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days... ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yeah. & dead. Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are back
- just in
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Just when you think you've saved the world... You will kill her?" the Torment asked. Skulduggery sagged. " Yes." He hesitated then took his gun from his jacket. "I'm sorry Valkyrie " he said softly. " Don't talk to me " Valkyrie said. " Just do what you have to do." Valkyrie parted her tunic & Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath. " Please forgive me " Skulduggery said then aimed the gun at the girl & pulled the trigger. With Serpine dead the world is safe once more. At least that's what Valkyrie & Skulduggery think until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison & dead bodies & vampires start showing up all over Irel&. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile & pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home...?" ...